This IDC study presents demand-side research into the storage software market. The Canadian storage software market, growing at a 6% CAGR through 2010, is expected to post growth rates that outpace the software industry as a whole. Moreover, as shown in this research across large and midsized Canadian organizations, there are plans to deploy a range of storage software for the first time, creating new vendor opportunities in an otherwise competitive market. This IDC study is intended to help vendors identify and connect with opportunities in this market.

"Targeting the right opportunity with the right message at the right time is challenging in the very competitive Canadian storage software markets," says David Senf, program manager Canadian Software Research.